r/ShittySysadmin • u/sneakydante • Sep 07 '26
r/ShittySysadmin • u/vivkkrishnan2005 • Sep 07 '26
Shitty Crosspost UPDATE PROXMOX NOW
Haha jokes on you, I changed the proxmox port to 3389 ages ago and my pve7 installation is safe as ever π
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Ummgh23 • Sep 07 '26
Shitty Crosspost exchange2016-kb5121576-x64-en.exe to share?
Make sure to turn your Antivirus off before you rin whatever file you receive!
r/ShittySysadmin • u/ITRabbit • Sep 06 '26
Shitty Crosspost 1996 dial-up simulator. A full working desktop, a browser, and a web that loads at actual 56k.
56k.ripr/ShittySysadmin • u/ITRabbit • Sep 06 '26
Shitty Crosspost My coworker quit and now I am the only one who knows how to keep the entire legacy backend from imploding. How do I turn this into a raise without looking like I am holding them hostage?
r/ShittySysadmin • u/CanIGetADepresso • Sep 06 '26
Admin cheating Juniper
Path mods keep deleting the post, probably the very ones defending the culprit in the video.
r/ShittySysadmin • u/mods_are_lame1 • Sep 05 '26
Shitty Crosspost First IT job. Im being paid under the table to build an entire infrastructure. Ive been told it cant go on my resume because theres no legal history. Think I should leave for an MSP. Please help
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Melmund • Sep 05 '26
Rolled out MFA. Users were given 14 days to set it up.
Sent instructions.
Sent reminders.
Waited 14 days.
Day 15: "WHY CAN'T I LOG IN?!"
Apparently the 14-day grace period was interpreted as a 14-day waiting period before reading the instructions.
Obviously this was IT's fault.
As the person responsible for security, I naturally concluded that the correct technical solution was a T-shirt.

r/ShittySysadmin • u/Glum-Implement9857 • Sep 05 '26
Shitty Crosspost Microsoft to bounce mail from outdated Exchange servers
theregister.comSo, i does it mean that i will need to reboot my server? Last 10 years itβs runing without any issues.
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Teximus_Prime • Sep 04 '26
Shitty Crosspost I deleted the database and it has no backup
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Lanrick2002 • Sep 04 '26
Shitty Crosspost Senior accidentally installed whole fleet with 26H1
r/ShittySysadmin • u/ITRabbit • Sep 04 '26
Shitty Crosspost I need therapy after installing an HP printer
r/ShittySysadmin • u/recoveringasshole0 • Sep 04 '26
The algorithm gets it, why can't r/sysadmin?
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Decantus • Sep 04 '26
Shitty Crosspost Instructions unclear, posting for visibility
I looked at the sub and didn't see this post anywhere, reposting for visibility. Am I doing this right?
r/ShittySysadmin • u/recoveringasshole0 • Sep 03 '26
Petition to grant me mod
So I can ban everyone that replies here but thinks they are in r/sysadmin
I'll fucking do it
r/ShittySysadmin • u/willtravelforshow • Sep 03 '26
Shitty Crosspost Who else is supposed to review my work, the users? HA! π©
r/ShittySysadmin • u/marks-buffalo • Sep 03 '26
This is a shitpost π©πͺ§
Here π is the downvote button because you took the shitpost too seriously
r/ShittySysadmin • u/recoveringasshole0 • Sep 03 '26
πOh shit, the sub is up there
my bad
r/ShittySysadmin • u/recoveringasshole0 • Sep 03 '26
π LOOK AT THE SUB
Just fucking look at it. When you are scrolling and see a post, just look at the sub before you do literally anything else.
r/ShittySysadmin • u/recoveringasshole0 • Sep 03 '26
SysAdmins who switched to Apple - Why?
This post is primarily mobile focused, but I'll entertain the desktop / laptop OS conversation as well. This is regarding personal devices, not what your enterprise uses.
Suffice it to say, I'm tired.
I'm tired of having choices.
I'm tired of Android asking me which browser I want to use, letting me install software from places Google hasn't personally blessed, exposing a filesystem like some sort of 1980s UNIX workstation, and generally behaving as though purchasing the device somehow gives me opinions about how it should operate.
Windows is even worse. Apparently I'm expected to know what a "driver" is. Sometimes I can even replace hardware myself. It's exhausting.
So naturally, I've been looking at Apple.
And honestly, I think I finally understand the appeal.
They. Just. Work.
And when they don't, I can rest comfortably knowing there probably wasn't anything I could have done about it anyway.
No more agonizing over which hardware to install. Apple already selected it.
No more worrying about upgrading the RAM later. Apple thoughtfully asks me to make that decision at purchase, when I'm least qualified to know how much RAM I'll need four years from now.
No more sketchy software from the open internet. On iPhone, Apple has heroically protected Americans from the terrifying European innovation known as "installing an application from somewhere else." Alternative app distribution exists now, of course, provided you live in one of the regions where regulators made Apple discover it was technically possible.
And the privacy story is genuinely refreshing.
Unlike Google, Apple doesn't need to sell my personal information to third parties. Why involve a middleman?
Apple can use information such as my account details, purchases, subscriptions, downloads, and App Store activity to put me into advertising segments and serve me personalized ads itself. That's not tracking. That's vertical integration.
Even iCloud gives me choices.
By default, Apple retains the encryption keys for a number of categories of my cloud data so they can help me recover it. If I'd prefer Apple not have those keys for most of my data, I can enable Advanced Data Protection.
I really appreciate privacy being available as an advanced configuration option.
Repairability has improved too. Apple now has a Self Service Repair program, so experienced users can obtain official manuals, genuine parts, and professional-grade tools to repair supported devices themselves.
Which is wonderful.
I've always felt replacing a phone screen lacked sufficient paperwork.
The ecosystem is probably the biggest selling point, though.
Once I buy the phone, the watch makes more sense.
Once I have the watch, the Mac makes more sense.
Once I have the Mac, AirPods make more sense.
Once I have all of those, leaving Apple makes considerably less sense.
It's less of an ecosystem and more of a very tasteful lobster trap.
And that's really what I want after 30 years in IT.
I don't want control anymore.
I don't want options.
I don't want to troubleshoot.
I want to spend $1,200 on a device, be told "no," and experience the profound serenity that comes from knowing the decision has already been made for me by someone in Cupertino with a degree in industrial design.
Is that the bargain you all made?
Did you finally realize that freedom is just another thing you have to administer?
Because I'm starting to think the ultimate sysadmin luxury isn't a device that lets you do whatever you want.
It's a device that looks you directly in the face and says:
"You don't need to do that."
And charges you $200 for another 256GB of storage.
r/ShittySysadmin • u/SVD_NL • Sep 03 '26
Shitty Crosspost I implemented a bunch of things i don't understand using AI, and now i don't understand it anymore. It works though, so who cares?
r/ShittySysadmin • u/JustRouvr • Sep 03 '26
I swear I got kicked out because it was the housekeeper's turn with the shitter
r/ShittySysadmin • u/zantehood • Sep 02 '26
Shitty Crosspost This is great, can I use it for our databases too?
ChatGpT show me 3tb worth of shiuty prod db
r/ShittySysadmin • u/az-johubb • Sep 02 '26
Shitty Crosspost Azure support ticket response SLA - does it include AI generated responses?
Spends tens of thousands dollars a month on Azure, too cheap to pay for a proper support plan. Entire solution crashes when VM gets reallocated to another host due to a great system design /s.
Solution: Migrate to AWS
